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Toyota i-Road is a real head-turner

2015-02-03
I'm wind Cunningham driving Toyota's I rode electric car actually like a car is maybe not quite the right thing to say this is really a three wheeler and it's very unique three wheeler it actually turns it's got two wheels in front one wheel and the rear and when you go through a corner it just leans over as you steer you don't actually have to lean yourself it does all the weaning for you it's a very unique kind of style and that helps it keep traction helps it handle the turns very easily I'm really blown away by how this car handles when you're turning slowly the back end sort of comes out for you and it makes you feel like you're a very smooth driver and then when you go faster in the corners it does this graceful leaning over thing it's really really amazing they tell me it's got a little bit of traction control work then if you're on a slippery surface and also when you're going too fast in the corner it'll actually got to vibrate the steering wheel and slow down a little bit for you too to be honest it's not that fast either it only goes about 37 miles per hour and it's got a range of maybe thirty miles it's a fairly small electric battery pack it's got two electric motors in the crown wheels each is about two kilowatts and so long take off really really fast it's a small vehicle it's kind of a one plus one seater and the idea is that it's a last mile transportation or neighborhood electric vehicle cleaner isn't selling these in the u.s. yet actually they're not selling them anywhere yet they've got some test markets they've got a test market in Grenoble France they're testing them in Tokyo and they're thinking of testing them in the United States and that's why they brought them here for us to take a look at and try out
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